Events in the year 1943 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Getúlio Vargas
Governors Alagoas: Ismar de Góis Monteiro Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia Bahia: Renato Onofre Pinto Aleixo Ceará: Francisco de Meneses Pimentel Espírito Santo: João Punaro Bley (till 21 January); Jones dos Santos Neves (from 21 January) Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira Maranhão: Mato Grosso: Júlio Strübing Müller Minas Gerais: Benedito Valadares Ribeiro Pará: till 25 January: José Carneiro da Gama Malcher 25 January-20 February: Miguel de Almeida Filho from 25 February: Magalhães Barata Paraíba: Rui Carneiro Paraná: Manuel Ribas Pernambuco: Agamenon Magalhães Piauí: Leônidas Melo Rio Grande do Norte: Rafael Fernandes Gurjão/Antonio Fernandes Dantas Rio Grande do Sul: Osvaldo Cordeiro de Farias/Ernesto Dornelles Santa Catarina: Nereu Ramos São Paulo: Fernando de Sousa Costa Sergipe: Augusto Maynard Gomes
Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: no vice governor São Paulo: no vice governor
Events June 11 June: The Order of Military Merit is established by President Getúlio Vargas.
July 23 July: On the recommendation of the National Petroleum Council, Brazil bans the use of private motorcycles throughout the nation in order to conserve fuel. Use of gasoline-powered automobiles had been prohibited the year before."Ban Motorcycles in Brazil", Milwaukee Journal, July 23, 1943, p3 31 July - The Brazilian passenger ship and freighter Bage, largest commercial ship in Brazil's fleet, is torpedoed and sunk off the coast of the Sergipe state. The Bage, carrying 129 passengers and 102 crew, was en route from Belém to Rio de Janeiro when it was struck by a German U-boat. Seventy-eight people (41 passengers and 37 crew) are lost."Big Brazilian Ship Sunk; 78 Are Missing", Sarasota Herald-Tribune, August 8, 1943, p1 13 September - The Iguaçu Territory becomes a Brazilian territory.https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/decreto-lei/1937-1946/Del5812.htm Decreto-Lei N.º 5.812, de 13 de setembro 1943: cria os territórios federais do Amapá, do Rio Branco, do Guaporé, de Ponta Porã e do Iguassú. Presidência da RepúblicaOLIVEIRA, Licerio de (1999). "Estado do Iguaçu": o regionalismo em questão. Dissertação de Mestrado em Ciência Política, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP. December - The prototype of the CNNA HL-8 makes its maiden flight.
Arts and culture
Books Maria José Dupré - Éramos Seis G. E. Kidder Smith - Brazil Builds
Films Brazil at War (short propaganda film produced by the Office of War Information and the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs Samba in Berlin, directed by Luiz de Barros and starring MesquitinhaDennison, Stephanie & Shaw, Lisa. Popular Cinema in Brazil. Manchester University Press, 2004. p 71-72
Births February 8 February: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado, composer (died 2010). 19 February: Pedro Malan, economist and politician June 21 June: Eumir Deodato, pianist, composer, producer and arranger
August 14 August: Imre Simon, Hungarian-born Brazilian mathematician and computer scientist (died 2009) 26 August: Dori Caymmi, singer, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and producer, son of Dorival Caymmi[ Allmusic biography]
September 3 September: Waly Salomão, poet (died 2003)[ Waly Salomão] 19 September: Cesar Camargo Mariano, pianist, arranger, composer and music producer 12 November: Claudio Slon, jazz musician (died 2002)
Deaths 20 February - Elsie Houston, singer (born 1902; suicide)"Brazilian soprano is found dead here", New York Times, February 21, 1943 date unknown - Vittorio Capellaro, Italian Brazilian film director, film producer, film actor, and screenwriter (born 1877)
References
See also 1943 in Brazilian football List of Brazilian films of 1943